Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social Novelist: The Salvagers Trilogy, The Starmetal Symphony, Every Mountain Made Low, Alien and Star Trek
Games: Alien: Rogue Incursion and Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (consultant)
No AI in my work, ever.
Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com A reader-supported online film journal, offering a different lens on movies since 2013.
issues/essays: brightwalldarkroom.com
podcast: @bwdrpod.bsky.social
all the things: https://linktr.ee/brightwalldarkroom
Tom Pitts @tompitts.bsky.social 
Russell W Johnson @russellwjohnson.bsky.social Attorney and author of the Mountaineer Mystery Series. #WVU fan
Robyn Gigl @robyngigl.bsky.social She/her. Attorney & author of BY WAY OF SORROW, SURVIVOR'S GUILT, REMAIN SILENT & NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH featuring Erin McCabe, a transgender criminal defense attorney—write what you know. Been there, done that.
DoSomeDamage @dosomedamage.bsky.social The social media account for the blog site for some of today's coolest crime fiction writers.
DoSomeDamage.com 
Amy Grech @amygrech.bsky.social NYC-based prolific crime/horror author/poet. Active HWA Member. Alien Buddha Press published my poetry chapbook, A Shadow of Your Former Self. 2x Pushcart Prize nominee. SEO is my bread and butter. 🔪🩸
☕️ https://ko-fi.com/amygrech
💻 crimsonscreams.com
your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social Dusti RW Levy. Disabled. GenX. PanQueer. Southern. Assoc. Ed. at BOUDIN, managing ed at BOUDIN chapbook contest, eic at delicate emissions. dramaturg, poet, educator, & playwright. PrinxDopamine late of Serotonin Jackalope/Marine Layer.
Erik Storey @erikstorey.bsky.social Reader, writer, tequila drinker.
erikstorey.net
Gordon B. White @gordonbwhite.bsky.social Horror/weird fiction writer. Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award nominee. Best Horror, Clarion West, dog dad, critically acclaimed (not in that order). He/him. 
Jon Fain @jonfain.bsky.social Writer of Short Fiction(s) and Other Prose Entertainments
Selected Publications:
https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/jonfain
Tim P Walker @timpwalker.bsky.social Noir Author, Baltimorean, Tarantino lookalike contest finalist
Kenneth Jobe @booksofjobe.bsky.social Half-assed Renaissance man. Writer, photographer, musician. Books/music/movies/TV/pro wrestling/PBA. I’ve been told I make a mean plate of nachos.
Gary Kay (empty kettle) @atgeekay.bsky.social Writer // Civil Servant // he/him
Work in Nat Brut // Strange Horizons
Pushcart Nom + BoN Nom
NYC // https://linktr.ee/garykay
Also, I take pictures: https://bsky.app/profile/garyqueens.bsky.social
Mo Fanning @mofanning.co.uk Novelist. Editor. Chronicler of emotional chaos.
Author of LISA DOYLE IS ABSOLUTELY FINE
A British romcom with bite, out now
mofanning.co.uk
Joel Nedecky @joelnedecky.bsky.social Debut novel, The Broken Detective, out now.
Sign up for my newsletter at https://jnedecky.com, if you love crime fiction, mystery, and noir.
Richard Z. Santos @rzsantos.bsky.social Debut novel TRUST ME now available. Fiction, nonfiction, essays, etc in EQMM, Texas Monthly and others. Recovering politico. Seeking representation for 2nd and 3rd novels.
Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social Author of the short story collection, GHOSTS CAUGHT ON FILM. Stuff in places like The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024 anthology, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, Salt Hill, etc.
www.barrettbowlin.com
www.linktr.ee/barrettbowlin
Wes Browne @browneallover.bsky.social Kentucky author of the novels THEY ALL FALL THE SAME, winner of the 2025 Weatherford Award, and HILLBILLY HUSTLE. Attorney/Pizza Purveyor. Repped by Alice Speilburg.
www.wesbrowneauthor.com
Brian Beatty @brianbeatty.bsky.social Five books of poems; a spoken-word album; Anti-Heroin Chic, Appalachian Journal, The Beatnik Cowboy, BULL, Cowboy Jamboree, CutBank, Evergreen Review, Floyd County Moonshine, McSweeney's, ONE ART, The Quarterly, Rattle, The Southern Review.
Dark Waters Podcast @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social A podcast dedicated to cross-genre dark fiction & those who love to read and write it
All opinions expressed are those of participants, not any organizations they're affiliated with.
https://linktr.ee/darkwaterspod
Philip Kimbrough @philipkwrites.bsky.social North Carolina based writer. Mostly books, writing and Tottenham. I’m very bad at social media.
https://www.philipkimbrough.com/
Don Lafferty @donlafferty.bsky.social Philadelphia. A father, a son, a grandfather, a brother, a friend, and writer. Love wins. USAF veteran.
Brett Lovell @brettlovell.bsky.social Author of A BAD AND DANGEROUS MAN, published by Shotgun Honey Books. Go Hokies! www.brettlovellauthor.com
Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social A small-press independent publisher delivering crime, noir, and dark fiction chronicling bad decisions and desperate people.
Terrence McCauley @tmccauley.bsky.social Award-winning, bestselling writer of Thrillers, Crime Fiction and Westerns 
Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social A Woman’s Guide to True Crime available: https://boswellbooks.com/book/9798993883656 She/her. rep’d by Lori Galvin at Aevitas Creative. Aggressive UWM Stan. Panther Pride.- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
doungjai gam @djai76.bsky.social author of glass slipper dreams, shattered
cats, crafting, cheese, lattes, horror
she/her
Ilyn Welch @ilynwelch.bsky.social Debut book SIGNS OF PAIN/Shotgun Honey. BAD MAKES BAD slices April 2024📚 https://shotgunhoney.com/books/bad-makes-bad/
Blu Gilliand @blugilliand.bsky.social I write stuff. I read stuff. War Damn Eagle. Go Steelers.
Ron Earl Phillips @ronearl.bsky.social Publisher • Designer • Cat Wrangler
https://shotgunhoney.com
https://ronearlphillips.com
https://badfido.com
Meagan Lucas @meaganlucas.bsky.social Author of Anthony Nominated collection HERE IN THE DARK, and award-winning novel SONGBIRDS & STRAY DOGS | JD Candidate at UDayton Law | EIC: Reckon Review |
Michael Griffin @michaelgriffin.bsky.social Shirley Jackson award nominated writer of weird horror (GriffinWords.com), Portland, OR, USA.
Doug Schlesser @dougschlesser.bsky.social 30-something writer, teacher, and traveler from the South Suburbs of Chicago. Curtis Brown Creative and Shotgun Honey alumnus. Lots of tattoos. He/Him
Poisoned Pen @poisonedpen.bsky.social Your Local Bookstore No Matter Where You Live.
www.poisonedpen.com
e.c. barrett @ecbarrett.bsky.social writer, teacher, printmaker, literary critic. former reviews editor for Reckoning. they/she. ecbarrett.com
Sarah misses Zoe @sarahmchen.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Chinese-Canadian in SoCal | Writer of many crime short stories ✍️| Foster mama 🐾 | she/her | Zoe's human 🐶
linktr.ee/sarahmchen
Joey R. Poole @joeyrpoole.bsky.social Writer, dad, king of stupid preoccupations. Story collection I Have Always Been Here Before available from @CowboyJamboree Press.
Kelly J. Ford @kellyjford.bsky.social Author of Anthony-nominated REAL BAD THINGS, COTTONMOUTHS, and THE HUNT. She/Her.
Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social Author of horror, crime, & sci-fi. Professor of History. Great Pyrenees obsessed. Italian movie completist. Anti-A.I.
My books: https://linktr.ee/CoyHallBooks
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Benjamin Percy @benjaminpercy.bsky.social Writer of novels (Ninth Metal, Red Moon), comics (Punisher, Deadpool), essays (Thrill Me), audio dramas (Wolverine: The Long Night), film (13th Night, Summering), TV (Urban Cowboy), and dad jokes (Knock, knock…). WGA member. www.benjaminpercy.com
Steve Rasnic Tem @stevetem.bsky.social writer
John Hornor Jacobs @johnhornor.bsky.social Author of The Night That Finds Us All, A Lush and Seething Hell, Murder Ballads
Shirley Jackson, Bram Stoker, World Fantasy Award Finalist
CLOSED TO BLURB REQUESTS, for now at least
website: http://www.johnhornor.com
Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social Novelist, NYU journalism prof, boy mom, knifemaker’s wife. Born in Fresno, now the Hudson Valley.
www.juliadahl.com
Mia P. Manansala @mpmthewriter.bsky.social Author of the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series; Dizon Detective Agency series (YA); THE SPIRIT MEDIUM'S ENCHANTED APOTHECARY (Fall 2027)
Filipino American 🇵🇭🏳️🌈
She/her
https://linktr.ee/mpmthewriter
Alafair Burke @alafairburke.bsky.social Criminal law professor. NYT bestselling author of 20+ crime novels. I like dogs and food (separately). Www.alafairburke.com. New book is THE NOTE–you should get it.
Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social https://ghoulish.rip
Weirdo transgressive horror fiction for perverts. Based in Minneapolis.
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
Richard Thomas @richardthomas.bsky.social Writer, editor, teacher, publisher. Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, Thriller Award finalist. Best Horror 11 & 17. he/him
Cemetery Gates Media @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social Publisher of horror fiction. Fans of urban legends and creepy locales.
Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social Writer, teacher. Up next: PENITENT, a novel (2028, Doubleday); TYPO, nonfiction (2027, Bloomsbury). Out now: APPLESEED (2021, Mariner). REFUSE TO BE DONE (2022, Soho Press).
Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More, via Portland, OR & Transilvania, Romania.
@AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief.
@MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher.
SUPPORT INDIE. Hail the Tenebrous Cult🖤☠️
https://linktr.ee/TenebrousPress
Rob Hart @robwhart.bsky.social USA TODAY bestselling author of books like ASSASSINS ANONYMOUS, THE PARADOX HOTEL, and THE WAREHOUSE. https://linktr.ee/robwhart
Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominated author of THE MERRY DREDGERS and BEDFELLOW and THE ATROCITIES. FAMILIAR out now! Fabric artist. Butler for cats. They/them
https://jeremycreature.bigcartel.com/
https://www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Kellye Garrett @kellyekell.bsky.social Sarcastic black chick writing mysteries about sarcastic black chicks. Anthony, Agatha, Lefty, Thriller & IPPY winner. Edgar, Barry, & Macavity nominee.
My site I don't update: KellyeGarrett.com
Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com I’m on my way. https://www.stephengrahamjones.com
Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social Horror loving mom. Author of that mothman book, BELOW. Also WHISPERS IN THE DARK, CROSSROADS, EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS, SILENT KEY, SPIRIT COVEN, and THE DAY OF THE DOOR- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Gary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social Writer. Rogue One, The Book of Eli, Star Wars Rebels, Batman, The Walking Dead, Gundog etc #COYS
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Sandra, present perfect @sgwong.com multi genre author weirdo • nerd of many things • disabled • demi • proud mum of 🏳️⚧️ darlings • space dust coalesced into dreams • cis she/her • BigVirgoEnergy™️ • Treaty 6
🎙️ @multitudespodcast.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/sandralinks
rep: Lauren Abramo
Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social one vile task after another. EARTH FILLED WITH BLOOD - a novel forthcoming from Gallery Books in 2027.
author of The Marigold, WASTE, All We Want is Everything, and co-author of The Handyman Method. www.andrewfsullivan.com
Valancourt Books @valancourtbooks.bsky.social Indie/horror/LGBT/classics. 2021 HWA Specialty Press Award. 'Valancourt's publications may be just what you're looking for.' - Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Alex Segura @alexsegura.com New York Times and USA Today-bestselling/award-winning author of many comics and novels.
https://linktr.ee/alex_segura
Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social “It’s worse than death in the mines. You want them to sing opera as well?”
Award winning author of fiction & non-fiction, pulp scholar, bibliophile, noir aficionado. Currently living in Berlin.
https://linktr.ee/andrewnette
Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social #1 New York Times bestselling author 
Adam Hulse @adamhulse.bsky.social Girl Dad 🖤 Northern. Writer of working-class dystopia -
Below Economic Thresholds, The Growth, The Forgotten War, Land of the Downtrodden 🪓
https://linktr.ee/adamhulseauthor
Chantelle Aimée @suspensesiren.bsky.social Senior Editor, Simon Maverick @Simon & Schuster | Fmr. Editor @Amazon Publishing, @Agora Books | @PublishersWkly Star Watch Honoree | Writer/Consultant, Dick Tracy Comic | Boston Terriers: Tamerlane & Henry, Honorary Boston: Lafitte #MamdaniforMayor
Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social Award-winning editor of short sf/f/h. I live & die by the Oxford comma & I skeet about my passions, take it or leave it. I block mooks-don't be one. she/her
Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social Professional obsessive.
BYLINES: Bright Wall/Dark Room, Southwest Review, Letterboxd, Fangoria, etc
COMMENTARY TRACKS/BOOKLETS: Cinematographe, Fun City Editions, Vinegar Syndrome, Radiance, Imprint, Shout Factory
https://linktr.ee/black_neon
Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series. Kadrey also plays music with the band A Demon in Fun City. he/him
Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social Edgar-and-steel-dagger-winning author of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA and LOVE AND OTHER WOUNDS.
A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE: "The Noir Novel of Our Times" -- The New York Times
Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social Shortwave is an indie horror/sci-fi press. Our books are distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster. Founded and run by @alandistro.bsky.social (active HWA member, full SFWA member).
Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com Author of THE SLEEPLESS (2022), ESCAPE VELOCITY (2024), DEAD NOTE (2025), and THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED (2025) • Lambda Literary Fellow • NYC via MNL • he/him 🏳️🌈
linktr.ee/victormanibo
Bob Pastorella @bobpastorella.com Co-host of the This Is Horror podcast. Author of THEY’RE WATCHING (with Michael David Wilson). My vampire novel, THE SMALL HOURS, is available now. Anti-A.I.
bobpastorella.com
https://ghoulish.rip/product/the-small-hours/
patreon.com/BobPastorella
Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com Pulitzer Prize winner & NYT bestselling writer (books, TV, film). Angel Down, Whalefall, Creepshow, The Shape of Water, The Living Dead, Rotters, The Autumnal, 21 more, visit the site or just trust me.
DanielKraus.com
Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.com (He/They) Bram Stoker Award finalist, Shirley Jackson Award nominee and Splatterpunk Award-winning Author
ericlarocca.com
Tim Waggoner @timwaggoner.bsky.social Weird Fiction - Horror - Dark Fantasy. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Todd Keisling @toddkeisling.com Horror writer & designer. Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of DEVIL’S CREEK, SCANLINES, & more. Rep: Becky LeJeune | Confluence Literary Agency. He/him. atom.bio/tkeisling
Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social Chicago person. Nonfiction books with Penguin Random House. Journalism in Esquire, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, elsewhere. Fiction in some hip spots. 2026 Best Mystery Stories of the Year. Medium tall.
Tod Clark @todclark.bsky.social 503➡️915
Married man living out his dreams in Hudspeth County, Texas with his wife, dogs, cats, donkeys, a mule and a horse. Love horror, thrillers, crime & westerns in both fiction and films. Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners.
Brian Keene @briankeene.bsky.social Bestselling, award winning writer, editor, film producer, podcaster, and showrunner. Board of Directors for Scares That Care charity.
Brandon Wills - Author @horrorbrandon.bsky.social Published Author | Horror Aficionado | Nerd!
Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social Indie press in Canada. World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award, HWA Specialty Press Award, and British Fantasy Award-winner. Endearingly weird. (Posts by Michael Kelly)
https://undertowpublications.com/
Brad Proctor @thebradproctor.bsky.social Dad | Reader | Co-host of Paper Cuts Live Show & Podcast | Booktuber | Book Reviewer 'Reviews with Bite'
https://linktr.ee/Bradproctor
SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social Writer, whiskey drinker and cat dad
Kung-fu Eyebrows @blindenmuth.bsky.social Books, movies, music. Current deep dive: crime films from around the world & crime comics
Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social Terrible at bios. He/him/his
Hector Acosta Rojas. @hexican.bsky.social Edgar and Anthony nominated. Contributor in 2022 BAMS and listed as distinguished story in 2023. Featured in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Wrote HARDWAY a wrestling inspired novella.
I also made that funny post once.
Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social Writer of crime, horror, and dark speculative fiction. Editor at Rock and a Hard Place Press. Author of pulp thriller Good-Looking Ugly. Find more about me at https://robdsmith.carrd.co/
James D.F. Hannah @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social Shamus-winning author of the Henry Malone novels. Appalachian to the bitterest of ends. Rep: @michellerichterbks.bsky.social Insta @jamesdfhannah. He/him jamesdfhannah.com
Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social Author of crime novels, including the Jackson Donne thrillers. Repped by Dara Hyde. Die Hard Rutgers Basketball fan and lover of puns.
Bobby Mathews @bamawriter.bsky.social Author: NEGATIVE TILT: STORIES (2024), MAGIC CITY BLUES (2023), LIVING THE GIMMICK (2022), Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024, Anthony Award nominee, Derringer Award winner. Unrelentingly weird.
Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social Chainsaw Noir
Compulsively Bingeable Crime Fiction
https://www.bishopriderbooks.com/
Bloom @jerrybloom.bsky.social I play games, sometimes write.
https://linktr.ee/jerrybloomfield
Angel Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com he/him | Award Winning 🇵🇷 Writer of🪳INFESTED🪳, MINECRAFT: HOUSE OF HORRORS, and the upcoming POP! | Rep'd by JM Darga at Aevitas Creative | https://angelluiscolon.com/
Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social Anthony Award winner. Author of WAVES OF BURDEN—out now.
https://shorturl.at/5OePA
Member of Sisters in Crime, MWA.
he/him
https://curtisippolito.com